We are flying to Kumasi today, a town about 200 miles inland, north west of Accra. Chris is going to meet a contact we have met several times before who is the Chairman of the Ghana Energy Commission and head of the Energy centre at KNUST which is the university in Kumasi. We are going to fly there, and I have some expectation that the plane might be rather faded and rusted, but in fact it is almost new and very comfortable. Kumasi immediately strikes you as drier, though no less hot - it's still 31 degrees C. We are staying at the Engineering Department Guest House, which is very comfortable, and we spend the rest of the afternoon having a walk around the grounds which are very extensive. There are some serious trees in the grounds with vultures, large hawks as well as black and white birds from the magpie family, but much bigger, all roosting in them.
We have dinner in the Guest House which is very pleasant, though 2 of the three dishes we had chosen were not on the menu - today or so they said.
The Internet is down, and so is the power some of the time. It's situations like that that make it clear that we are in a third world country.
We have dinner in the Guest House which is very pleasant, though 2 of the three dishes we had chosen were not on the menu - today or so they said.
The Internet is down, and so is the power some of the time. It's situations like that that make it clear that we are in a third world country.
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